A Few Prominent Members of The Govigama Community
- Nicholas Dias Abeyesinghe Amarasekere - Maha Mudaliar of Dutch Ceylon
- Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike - Maha Mudaliar of British Ceylon
- D.S Senanayake - First Prime Minister of Ceylon
- Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke - Cabinet Minister and First Ceylonese Governor-General
- John Kotelawala - Prime Minister of Ceylon
- Dudley Senanayake - Prime Minister of Ceylon
- S.W.R.D Bandaranaike - Prime Minister of Ceylon
- Wijeyananda Dahanayake - Prime Minister of Ceylon
- J.R. Jayewardene - President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Chandrika Kumaratunga - President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Mahinda Rajapaksa - President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Ranil Wickremasinghe - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Ratnasiri Wickremanayake - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- D. M. Jayaratne - Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- Edwin Wijeyeratne - Cabinet Minister & Senator
- Philip Gunawardena - Cabinet Minister & MP
- Charles Edgar Corea - President of the Ceylon National Congress and Independence Activist
- Victor Corea - leading Independence Activist
- Claude Corea - politician and leading diplomat
- Gamini Dissanayake - Cabinet Minister, MP & Presidential candidate
- Lalith Athulathmudali - Cabinet Minister & MP
- Rohitha Bogollagama - Cabinet Minister & MP
- Shirani Bandaranayake - Chief Justice of Sri Lanka
- Basil Rajapaksa - Cabinet Minister & MP
- Ruwan Wijewardene - Member of the Parliament for Gampaha District
- Namal Rajapaksa - Member of the Parliament for Hambantota District
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